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A/N This is now taking place the night before Once Bitten, Twice Shy.

Chapter 14: Back

Cuchilla's POV

I howled and howled at the ship, trying to get someone's attention. I saw a shadow move across the deck, and then come to the railing. I noticed him immediately from his lightning blue eyes. Blue Jay, I thought to myself. Except, this time, he wasn't human. He was a moon wolf, like me.

Blue Jay had dark caramel colored fur, the same color as his hair, but still had his bright blue eyes. Oddly enough, he didn't seem scared or frightened. He actually seemed happy. His tail was wagging slightly, his ears were perked up. It was then that he realized I was howling below him. He howled back to me.

"¿Que Te ha pasado?" He howled in Spanish. Once one becomes a moon wolf, he or she automatically knows how to speak fluently in Spanish. Even though they don't know all Spanish words. (What happened to you?)

"Fui capturado. Me escapé. ¡Ayúdame a levantarme!" I howled back.

"Voy a buscar Nya." He howled back. He then left and trotted into the brig. After a few seconds, the anchor began to drop. When it was close enough, I leapt up at it with all my strength. Luckily, my claws clacked against the chains and I gripped to it. I felt the anchor rise and when I was close enough, I jumped onto the deck.

I found Blue Jay there waiting for me.

"¿Cuándo fue la usted cambiar?" I asked him. He shrugged his shoulders. (When did you change?)

"Yo no lo se." He responded. (I do not know.)

"Ay," I whispered. (Oh,) The two of us walked back into the brig to find a very tired Nya at the wheel. I ran up to her and pawed her leg with my right paw. She looked down and smiled.

"At least you're safe. Let's hope we can find Lloyd soon." Nya muttered, reminding me of mi poco hermano. "I'm going to bed. I'll see you two in the morning."

"Así que, ¿te cansas?" He asked.

"No," I responded.

The next morning, I woke up on the deck, hungry as usual, and went to find food. I walked into the brig, in human form, to find Nya telling the ninja about a skeleton she found. I looked over to see Blue Jay staring at her dreamily. I snickered at his love struck gaze. I then saw Cole drawing a picture of himself in his ninja gear holding his scythe. Time to mess with him, I thought.

I walked over to Cole, and then flicked him quickly on the back of his head.

"Ow, what was that for?" Cole turned and stopped in mid sentence. "Not you again."

"Pay attention. You might learn something." I snickered.

"Lupe! You're back!" Kai exclaimed, relived.

"Didn't you see me on the deck?" I asked. "Anyway, back to the teacher. Carry on, Señorita Nya." I smiled.

"As I was saying," Nya started. As always, I zoned out the lesson. Peridot called it lazy, but I call it focusing on more important things in life. Like Lloyd. I frowned and bit my lower lip thinking of my brother.

I hope he's alright, I thought.

Meanwhile, in the Dark Realm

Luisa's POV
Why did this old guy just come to my future domain? And why does Father call him 'Brother'? I thought, annoyed. From my hiding spot in the black bushed, I got the full view of what was going on. The only thing that could give me away were my redder than blood eyes. I watched as the events unfolded.

"Hello, brother. What took you so long?" Father asked the old man. "You brought the katana from our youth. Funny, you never had the courage to cross the temple wall, yet now you have the courage to come here?"

"Why have you come to this place of darkness?"

"A place as wicked as me," Am I non-existent now? "Don't you see? Here I feel at home. Back in Ninjago, I was physically unable to hold all four Spinjitzu weapons. But here, dark magic has made us stronger. And what was once impossible, is now possible." My father turned around to face the old man, showing him his four arms.

"You came here only to possess the weapons of Spinjitzu?"

"Yes, brother, and I refused to allow you or your petty ninja to stop me!" My father summoned four weapons, which all flew into his hands. My father charged at the old man, who fought back. It was very clear that the old man was losing when Father sent him into the mud. When both of them were out of sight, I came out from my hiding spot and crept closer to the edge. When I peered over, I saw the mud monsters closing in on the man.

"You will pay for your visit! Mud monsters converge!" My father ordered the monsters, which followed without question.

The old man tried to convince father that he wasn't there to fight, he was there to "warn him,"

"I came to warn you, to tell you…." Father and I looked confused. What could this man have to say to us?

"Your son's in danger!" The old man shouted before being completely blanketed in mud.

"Lloyd!" Father rushed to the man and pulled him out of the mud.

"What was that?" I yelled down at them. I stood up and began to walk forward, forgetting that I was on the edge of a cliff. "First, a stranger comes and fights you, then he..." I couldn't finish as I walked off the edge of the cliff and slid into the mud. Now, I have their attention! I hate mud. I thought angrily as I stomped over to them.

"Let me explain before you go into a rage." Father put himself between the old man and me. I was still glaring, but he went on. "This is my brother, your uncle, Wu."

"So you despise your little brother? The cherry does not fall far from the blossom at all." I said, putting emphasis on 'at all'. I crossed my arms across my chest and waited for further explanation.

"First of all, your brother is who-knows-where because of you." I rolled my eyes, I had heard this lecture a million times from him, and had been scolded just as much. Still, he's not nearly as bad as Mom. I thought, snickering. "And second of all, you're not going anywhere without me. Remember, you're still in trouble."

"For how long?" I asked, annoyed.

"Until the day of my death. Plus three months, just to be certain. Then, I'll have Lupe watch after you." Father threatened.

"No! Anyone but Lupe!" I begged.

"Exactly."

"So who is this old man anyway?" I asked.

"'This old man,' is your uncle, and knows where Lloyd is. Now have some respect, Luisa."

"Lupe?" The old man, or 'Wu', asked.

"Do you know Lupe? She's supposed to be ruling the Underworld right now." Father asked.

"She told my ninja that her sister Lucine was ruler." I laughed very hard at his information.

"Wait…wait, Lucine, ruler of the Underworld? The skeletons won't get anything done." I was still laughing. Suddenly, I felt a hand to the back of my head, hard. "Ow!"

"Don't laugh. Lupe made a good decision." Even I could tell Father was trying to fake a smile. "How is Lupe? And what has Lloyd gotten himself into now?"

"Lloyd has opened a can of worms, I fear, I will never be able to close," Wu informed us.

"You mean we will never be able to close, get up." Father told him, helping Wu off the ground. Someone's going to have a wet, muddy back for a while! I laughed inwardly. "You can tell us more later, first, we need to return to home."

"Traveler's Tea, but I used it all, and now have nothing left." Wu told us.

"Waster," I whispered. Father cuffed me again.

"Enough out of you! There is only one way to return to Ninjago. But to get there, we must pass through the Mountain of Madness. And it is a long, dangerous road." Father stated.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." By this time, I was already walking ahead of them.

"Seems like you have a tough life." I commented.

"I said enough out of you!" Father ordered me again. Of course, I never listened. "We should leave, before it really gets dark,"

"But, who doesn't like the dark?" I asked, just to annoy Father.

"One more time and you'll be staying with Lupe." Father threatened. That made me shut up.

A/N Please review! Luisa's back! And just as evil as ever! I need some help with Jay's wolf name. So send in your thoughts in a review or PM me! But remember: it has to end in 'o' and be of a Latin-based language. Like Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc. But Spanish is preferred.